The Best Parts: Our Favorite Things About 'Behind the Candelabra'

Still reeling from Behind the Candelabra? HBO's intimate swoop into the life of famed and flamboyant pianoman Liberace—played by Michael Douglas opposite Matt Damon as Lib's longtime and much younger partner, Scott Thorson—may have aired Sunday night, sending our senses into overdrive, but it's still lingering on our DVRs because, really, how could we delete something this so-guilty-it's-great? All the booze, drugs, plastic surgery, and of course, jewels, jewels, jewels, revealed a story that, while shockingly personal at times, made for a goldmine of satisfying camp. Thus, we bring you ELLE's best of BTC. Because, as Liberace said, "too much of a good thing is wonderful."

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The Best Hairdo:

Scott's hair has many stages throughout the movie (ranging from fresh-off-the-farm boy cut to a junkie-fied disheveled mop) but his locks are their most golden and lustrous when in their '80s feathered stage—if anything because the style so perfectly compliments Scott's already creepily transformed face at the insistence of Liberace.

The Best Speedo:

Once he moves in with Liberace, Scott fully embraces only the most fabulous of pool boy swimwear. While the tight-white suit highlights his assets, the black number with the jewel-encrusted crotch is glitterific.

The Best Scene Stealer:

Yes, watching a prosthetic-laden, unrecognizable Debbie Reynolds nail it as Liberace's German mother was guest-star gold, but what about Liberace's aged poodle Baby Boy, who, in need of treatment for his cataracts, served as the catalyst that brought Liberace and Scott together? Baby's confused, scattered, I-can't-see urgency? ACTING.

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Claudette Barius/HBO

The Best Liberace Outfit:

To even call out one among his throngs of gaudy, glorious stage costumes seems ineffectual, but we've got to give it to the clam-collared, caped, pearlescent tuxedo Liberace wore in the final scene because: (A) look at that masterpiece, and (B) he flies in it.